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DISSOLUTE

Dissolution is a mineralogical term in mineralogy for instances wherein recrystalizarion occurs after a crystal surface is

dissolved by hot fluids The rough for this gemstone was the broken-off end of a green crystal, with a flat, smooth surface: inmineralogical terms, a basal pinacoid. Some inclusions were visible viewing from the sides, butthe view looking right down into the end was clean in appearance. The lovely pyramidal results of dissolution were retained in cutting, leaving evidence within a polished framework that tourmalinesubstance had been dissolved after the flat basal pinacoid had formed.